FOX News Four men have been arrested and charged in the death of a man shot in front of his wife during a carjacking outside an upscale mall in northern New Jersey last weekend, authorities say.

The suspects, identified as Hanif Thompson, 29, Karif Ford, 31, Basim Henry 32, and Kevin Roberts, 33, appear to have been motivated by a desire for the victim’s silver Range Rover, Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said in a press conference Saturday.

The victim, 30-year-old Dustin Friedland, was shot in the head Dec.15 in front of his wife in the parking garage of The Mall at Short Hills. Authorities found the Range Rover, which two of the suspects drove off in, the next morning in Newark, about 10 miles from Short Hills.

Dustin & Jamie Friedland

The four men have been charged with murder, felony murder, carjacking, conspiracy, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. Police say the arrests began around 9 p.m. Friday night and continued into the early morning hours Saturday. Three of the suspects were arrested at residences in New Jersey, a fourth was found at a hotel in Pennsylvania. They are being held on $2 million bail each.

Authorities say they have not recovered the murder weapon.

Friedland and his wife, Jamie Schare Friedland, 27, were carrying bags full of items and looked as if “they were trying to get all their Christmas shopping done in one night,” a source at the mall told The New York Post. Friedland, a lawyer, had opened the door for his wife moments before being confronted by the carjackers.

Judging by the yarmulkes on the pallbearers, Friedland was Jewish

On Wednesday, mourners at Friedland’s funeral heard his wife, his younger siblings and others recall him as man of integrity, a person whose ethics and values were never muddled. They joked about his warmth, his fondness for food, family and friends and his chivalry.

A local anti-crime organization, the mall, and anonymous donors offered a $41,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects.

Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County prosecutor’s office told FoxNews.com earlier this week that 450 carjackings have occurred this year in Essex County, up from 422 in 2012. In 2011, 277 carjackings were reported in the county, which includes crime-ridden Newark, once dubbed the “car theft capital of the world.”

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I don’t belive that religion has anything to do with the slaying of Dustin Friedman . But the individual who committed the crime, I am very upset to have known that these all four men were black and knew better? It’s a question to know what part of better did they know? As humans we can only dream of the life we can imagine for ourselves , and to wake up to our reality must be the most frighten thing. To put an opinion on what we think is black supremacy as what we think is the opposite of white supremacy is absolutely hateful! And so these young black boys took their reality and gamble with fate to conclude their destiny. Pschology teaches us that our beging comes from our past hurt and trama as a child. Mental health could have played a part in this senseless attack! My heart goes out to the Friedman’s family. And I pray that the doors of heaven has open up to him . And to the four alledgy carjacker and a precious life that u have taken .. You will be judge by the most high!! Regarding this crime…. I pray God have mercies upon them……. I pray we all learn something from this….

I always tell my wife that You will not be disappointed if you think of the lowest common denominator when you are talking about blacks. These scumbags all deserve to be shot and killed, show no quarter! I was not like this when I was younger but life has changed me. You do not need a 3 digit IQ to understand that they are the cause of everything bad in the world.

So Taxxpayer, what is your opinion on Allen West, Herman Cain, Dr. Ben Johnson, Condoleezza Rice? Wake up man, Islam is the cult of mass psychosis, and it ravages the minds of those who embrace it like rabies does that of animals. Islam preys on converting those people who come from dysfunctional, violent broken family backgrounds, because many of them are come from poorer financial backgrounds and are ignorant and vulnerable. Such people are looking for something better outside of their violent and dysfunctional single parent homes. They are looking for somewhere to belong. No different than joining a gang. Having lived in the UK, I witnessed many young white English kids who converted to Islam because they came from broken homes and were looking for a place to belong. Islam preys on the ignorant, uneducated, and those who feel rejected by society for what ever reason. Such people are useful idiots for Islam to spread its cult. Race is not a factor.

As soon as I saw the tv news report when this tragedy happened I told my wife, I bet there from Newark or Irvington ,NJ. And that they were black! She agreed and the next day when the news came on again it was reported that I was 100% right! I have lived in Newark NJ for many years and thank god we moved away because the black MUSLIMS there have destroyed what was once a great and strong proud city! When I was growing up in Newark nj it was about 50-50% white+black,but it was not to bad after the 1964-67 civil rights riots which was between white+black ppl. What really destroyed Newark and surrounding city’s was when the fucking Islamic blacks started with there Islam+Muslim shit! I or anybody can deff tell the Huge differences between the black people (Christians) vs: the fucking Islamic Muslim blacks!!! By far the Islamic Muslims have destroyed Newark and the decent black community’s that were there for as long as I can remember! While I was born+raised in Newark NJ and still proud of it I have had a few good friends who are black and continue to be friends with them and they also moved out+away from Newark because of the Islamic black Muslims!! They don’t even like or trust the Muslims and tell me that the Islamic blacks are the worst and pure evil low life white hating people around!! I know and have seen myself the evil+hate the Muslims have for white people and even the blacks who are not Muslim! I have seen with my own eyes Muslim households with devils hanging that we’re made of white dolls+devil parts or images! The Muslims believe +are taught that all white people are the devil! They are taught that in there mosque by white hating teachers+preachers, I have also witnessed this myself 1st hand! Yes I do believe the USA is a great country and every religion should be welcome here but not Islam! Islam+the Muslim followers are truly evil+white hating+Christian hating murderers!!
I’m more sure now then I ever was that there will be a war between Muslims+whitechristian+Jewish people coming to our USA very soon!!! Also I will be proud to be 1 of the 1st white christian(catholic) people to join in and defend my great country and faith! I’m ready and willing to do so at any time!!!

Stupid, libtard reporter yelling out, asking if the simian had anything to say. Who cares what this maggot had to say?! The cops should have shot them all dead. No cops injured? How is that relevant to the young man who was slaughtered? We are one mixed up, fffed up country. I don’t want to even think about how much worse it’s going to get before this current administration is run out of office.

Every day we hear about black men killing white women and white men, and the black community is virtually silent. When a Trayvone Martin case happens they are ready to riot. This is an especially sensitive case in the eyes of the media, because the little monsters have two strikes against them from the get-go, they are black gana bangers and Muslim. What this form of reverse hatred–get white America, is going to result in is the formation of hunter–killer teams to patrol the streets for black men criminals.

I believe it is also noteworthy to mention that the air head dhimmi dip “newscaster” who asked the black muslime if he had anything to say also made NO mention of the muslime names of 3 of the 4 perps!….

As always, learn to protect yourselves and prevail in armed and unarmed combat. I’m as serious as a knife at your throat … because it is. Knowing how to defend yourselves is not a guarantee that you’ll come out alive or unharmed from an attack such as this, but it does guarantee that you’ll have a better chance. Sign up for a martial arts and or firearms class on Monday. You’re never too old, too out of shape or too non-athletic. The training will overcome your deficiencies. Obviously, as evidenced by reading about something like this attack almost every day, it’s only going to get worse. Nobody and no entity is going to protect you but you. So what if the police catch them and they are prosecuted and incarcerated if you are dead? What is your life worth?

Newark and environs, along with New York City, along with Chicago and Detroit should be removed from the United States of America and fenced off from the real America. The cesspools of entitlement whores and liberal elected leaders are not needed here. Nor are the racist, welfare sucking bums that elected them.
And to think that some liberals actually consider the grossly fat, muslim coddling, anti gun, pastry gobbling blimp Christy as presidential material. What a load of bullsh*t ! !

A man was murdered by four thugs the color of their skin or the faith the follow has no bearing on the punishment they deserve as they are a disgrace to their race & to their God. mercy must not be shown to the unmerciful or the unjust as it would be wasted.

Bonni – another case of a murdering muslim necrophiliac – and an MD:
“Mother-of-two was found dead in her car in August 2012 after Salim gave her a lethal heroin injection, raped her, then dumped her body. . .She was about to give birth to a baby girl called Mabel when she was killed.”

“. . .Salim, a former emergency room doctor, used Craigslist extensively to meet sexual partners, with many references in his ads to exchanging drugs for sex, including heroin, Rohrer said.
Many of the women were young, drug-addicted prostitutes, with several alleging they were drugged against their will and others saying they were sexually assaulted, Rohrer’s filing said.
Salim also wrote prescriptions for hard drugs for women with whom he had sexual relationships, and also bought heroin that he gave women who visited his house.”

Welcome to ObamaNation! More black on white crime. Four more black thugs who would look like Barack Hussein Obama’s sons if he had any. Black thugs have been emboldened to commit violent acts against whites since the racist AG Eric Holder refused to prosecute the New Black Panthers’ for voter intimidation, during the 2008 presidential election in Philadelphia and his reluctance to prosecute black on white crime. Some people want to put the blame on America’s “gun culture,” instead of where it belongs, on the murdering thugs’ lack of the value of life.

We have a 30 year old, successful young man and a 27 year old wife attacked by 4 savages who are all in the same age range of late 20’s and early 30’s. What a contrast of two hard working, honest people attacked by 4 savage monsters. 4 ‘waste of skin’ bastards attacking two honest people with a wonderfully full life ahead of them. This is a good example of good and evil. The monsters will plead innocent and the liberal leftards will blame the success of the lawyer as the cause. Sharpton, Christie the muslim in charge and his ilk will blame America. I blame islam and I blame odumbo and Christie and I blame the parents of the 4 monsters and I blame the 4 monster cowardly murderers.

PS. BNI, thanks for the list of names. The meaning of the names of the monsters of islam is taqiyya at it’s worst. It made my dry heave and gag to read the meaning of their evil names. The names are total BS in their meanings and have nothing to do with the islamic cult of evil.

Very possible that they are converts, possibly to NOI but you never know. They aren’t the usual Islamic names that are popular in the black community (Jamal, Kamal ect). The thing that I notice the most about these mugshots are the “dead” eyes, its like the lights are on but nobody is home.

do it yourself armchair warrior, no one else is gonna do it, less of all your government. Complacency is the root of all your problems you’ll never lift a finger even though you´re watching your whole world circling the drain.